Automobile Accidents

• School Bus Accident Hurts Motorist

  Eddie Farah | April 16, 2007 2:51 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Early this morning in Arlington a failed traffic light lead to a school bus crash which could have been much worse.Traffic lights failed at Merrill and Rogero Roads. Around 7am, a driver rammed their car into a school bus with 12 students aboard.Luckily none of the students was hurt, nor was the driver. But the car's driver was taken to Shands. There is no word yet on his or her condition.While...

• Voters Can Choose Safety of Kids in Auto Accidents

  Eddie Farah | April 16, 2007 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Florida state legislators are hurrying to finish this session which ends tomorrow, Tuesday, April 17th. Among the bills which will likely get a boost is one that requires child safety restraint seats for children as old as seven. But voters need to call their state senators and reps right away as budgetary issues may force the clock to run out on this important bill. Car accidents are the...

• Police Say Cyclist Caused Tractor-Trailer Crash

  Eddie Farah | April 13, 2007 11:39 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  You see them all the time on the road--cyclists who sometimes follow the rules of the road--sometimes do not. Something went terribly wrong Wednesday evening when 18-year-old Ronald Dale of Waycross, Georgia failed to stop at a sign and that began a chain of events resulting in the death of a female motorist. 33-year old Sarah Elaine Cribb Poss was just trying to avoid Dale. She did, but lost...

• I-95 Auto Accident Kills Teen Best Friends

  Eddie Farah | April 12, 2007 11:35 PM | 3 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Amanda Alzate was just 19 years old. One of seven children. She was often asked if she was a model.Amanda lost her life around 3pm Wednesday when she was ejected from the truck that was being driven by her best friend, Sandra Monzon.The truck tried to access a highway ramp and instead rolled.According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Sandra Monzon, also 19, tried to cut through the grass to make...

• Hero Rescues Children Following Head-On

  Eddie Farah | April 11, 2007 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It took the courage of one woman to save the lives of three children riding in an SUV who were hit head-on Monday.The as-yet unidentified woman was traveling north on AIA from Duval into Nassau County when the Dodge Neon in front of her crossed the median into oncoming traffic. The 17-year old driver, Lawrence Brown was following his father to work in Amelia Island. No word on why he crossed...

• Legislature May Reform PIP

  Eddie Farah | April 05, 2007 11:08 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  We see it every day. A person injured in an auto accident goes to the doctor for common pains that result. Even without health insurance, Personal Injury Protection or PIP, which every person pays for as part of their auto policy, can mean the difference between finding problems or letting chronic conditions go undiagnosed. But the insurance lobby wants to get rid of PIP and the up to $10,000...

• Motorcyclist Killed in I-95 Hit-And-Run

  Eddie Farah | March 30, 2007 2:49 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The Florida Highway Patrol is trying to find the driver of a tractor-trailer truck that hit and killed a motorcyclist Wednesday morning, and then kept driving southbound.It happened just north of Airport Road when the motorcyclist from Woodbine, GA drove in front of the back half of the tandum-trailer. The motorcycle driver was ejected and run over by the rig's back wheels while the trucker...

• Truck Crashes After Police Pursuit

  Eddie Farah | March 23, 2007 11:34 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Another accident in the streets of Jacksonville highlights just how dangerous police pursuits can be.This time three men in a truck whose driver appeared "suspicious" to police, took off in a neighborhood of Edgewood Avenue. Police began a high speed chase which lasted about 20 minutes, putting all of us in danger. They then deployed stop-sticks in order to blow out the tires of the fleeing...

• Three Die as Van Rear-Ends Tractor-Trailer in Georgia

  Eddie Farah | March 15, 2007 3:22 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  If you've ever travelled north of Jacksonville toward Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach, the sheer number of big-rigs loaded to the top with pine logs heading north is overwhelming.But a van carrying adult passengers from a rehab center didn't see one of those tractor-trailers stopped and rear-ended it Wednesday morning. The van driver and two other passengers were killed instantly when logs...

• New Media Warns of DUI Consequences

  Eddie Farah | March 10, 2007 7:47 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  I honestly don't spend much time watching YouTube, the online marketplace for anyone who wants to say nearly anything with a video. But I thought this was a creative and useful tool to warn new drivers, mostly aggressive young males, about the consequences of driving drunk. Afterall, how are you going to teach them? With a lecture at a podium and power point presentation? I don't think so. ...